The flu is hitting Georgia hard. Without offering exact figures, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted on its website that Georgia is showing some of the highest incidents of flu in the nation.Across the country last year, the CDC reported that more than 35 million people suffered flu-like illnesses, with 14.6 million catching the flu.

...that left a woman seriously injured.The woman, a 46-year-old Statham resident, was taken by ambulance to an Athenshospital for head wounds after she was hit by a stool, according to the report."I was pinned against the counter because...

...applause Tuesday to mark the next phase of the cooperation between St. Mary's Health System and the state.The Athenshospital is poised to admit its first 10 medical residents in July to give them three years of hands-on training in internal...

...longtime supporter of the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America and helped buy exercise equipment for an Athenshospital's cardio rehabilitation unit,At Athens' Central Presbyterian Church, Farmer was an elder and member of the Board...

Almost 10 months after a couple of winter storms kept many Athens-area residents in their homes for at least a couple of days, staff members in the labor and delivery departments of the community's two hospitals are preparing for another storm.

...University of North Georgia, outlawed tobacco products years before that. Lighting up has also been banned for years on Athenshospital, public school and public library campuses.But today, a new state Board of Regents policy prohibits tobacco use...

...to perform more advanced procedures on patients than an EMT-Basic. He remained with ARMC until 2009, when both Athenshospitals stopped running ambulances, and contracted with National EMS.It was after entering his profession that Bays got...

...was wanted on an outstanding warrant from Barrow County, but he was not arrested because he was transported to an Athenshospital for treatment.ENTERING AUTO: On Aug. 23, a deputy was dispatched to Georgia Highway 211, Winder, where a 36-year-old...